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libexec exists on Red Hat lineage OSes too, and it's standardized in LSB. (I think I'd basically say that it's Debian lineage that doesn't have it; the default

by geofft 6y ago

libexec exists on Red Hat lineage OSes too, and it's standardized in LSB. (I think I'd basically say that it's Debian lineage that doesn't have it; the default of e.g. anything that follows GNU's 'make install' standards is to use it unless instructed not to.) LSB is worth reading, because it had a precise definition of /etc that is not "important system stuff."

teddyh 6y ago
Debian also has libexec. I can see 80 packages¹ in Debian which has files in either /usr/libexec or /usr/$ARCH/libexec. The Debian Policy² does not mention libexec, but does refer to the FHS, which does allow libexec³. 1. Here is the list: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/apper https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/arctica-greeter https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/arctica-greeter-guest-session https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/at-spi2-core https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/bacula-common https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/dillo https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/drkonqi https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/eximon4 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fgetty https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/flatpak https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/flatpak-builder-tests https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/flatpak-tests https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/flatpak-xdg-utils https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/flatpak-xdg-utils-tests https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/font-viewer https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/frameworkintegration https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gamemode-daemon https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gstreamer-qapt https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gtk-3-examples https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/hotspot https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/iwd https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-cli-tools https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-config-gtk-style https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-config-gtk-style-preview https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-config-systemd https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kdeconnect https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-telepathy-auth-handler https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-telepathy-call-ui https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-telepathy-filetransfer-handler https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-telepathy-text-ui https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/khelpcenter https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kinit https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kio https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kwin-common https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/lambda-align2 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libexecline2.5 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libexecline-dev https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libexecs0 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libexecs-dev https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libexecs-embedded0 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkf5config-bin https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkf5kdelibs4support5-bin https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkf5purpose-bin https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkf5screen-bin https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkf5su-bin https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkf5wayland-dev https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkf5xmlgui-bin https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkim-api-dev https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkscreenlocker5 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libktpotr9 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libmbim-proxy https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libmodsecurity3 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libqmi-proxy https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/mlucas https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ntpsec https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/openconnect https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/opensmtpd https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/opensmtpd-extras https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/os-autoinst https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ostree-boot https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ostree-tests https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/plasma-desktop https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/plasma-discover https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/plasma-discover-backend-snap https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/plasma-workspace https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/plasma-workspace-wayland https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/polkit-kde-agent-1 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/powerdevil https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/pulseaudio-module-gsettings https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/remote-logon-service https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/rkward https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/seahorse https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/sysprof https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/tomcat9 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/tomcat9-common https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xdg-dbus-proxy-tests https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xdg-desktop-portal https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xdg-desktop-portal-kde https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xdg-desktop-portal-tests 2. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ 3. https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs-3.0.html#usrlibexec https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs-3.0.html#us...
- JdeBP 6y ago
  Debian generally favours individual subdirectories of /usr/lib instead. /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd rather than /usr/local/libexec/polkitd (in older FreeBSD packages), for example.
kqr 6y ago
Link for the lazy: https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/LSB_5.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/tocexecenv.html https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/LSB_5.0.0/LSB-Core-gene... This seems like a very useful read indeed.

by geofft 6y ago

teddyh 6y ago

Debian also has libexec. I can see 80 packages¹ in Debian which has files in either /usr/libexec or /usr/$ARCH/libexec. The Debian Policy² does not mention libexec, but does refer to the FHS, which does allow libexec³. 1. Here is the list: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/apper https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/arctica-greeter https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/arctica-greeter-guest-session https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/at-spi2-core https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/bacula-common https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/dillo https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/drkonqi https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/eximon4 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fgetty https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/flatpak https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/flatpak-builder-tests https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/flatpak-tests https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/flatpak-xdg-utils https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/flatpak-xdg-utils-tests https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/font-viewer https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/frameworkintegration https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gamemode-daemon https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gstreamer-qapt https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gtk-3-examples https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/hotspot https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/iwd https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-cli-tools https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-config-gtk-style https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-config-gtk-style-preview https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-config-systemd https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kdeconnect https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-telepathy-auth-handler https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-telepathy-call-ui https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-telepathy-filetransfer-handler https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kde-telepathy-text-ui https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/khelpcenter https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kinit https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kio https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kwin-common https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/lambda-align2 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libexecline2.5 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libexecline-dev https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libexecs0 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libexecs-dev https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libexecs-embedded0 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkf5config-bin https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkf5kdelibs4support5-bin https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkf5purpose-bin https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkf5screen-bin https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkf5su-bin https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkf5wayland-dev https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkf5xmlgui-bin https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkim-api-dev https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libkscreenlocker5 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libktpotr9 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libmbim-proxy https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libmodsecurity3 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libqmi-proxy https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/mlucas https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ntpsec https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/openconnect https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/opensmtpd https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/opensmtpd-extras https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/os-autoinst https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ostree-boot https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ostree-tests https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/plasma-desktop https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/plasma-discover https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/plasma-discover-backend-snap https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/plasma-workspace https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/plasma-workspace-wayland https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/polkit-kde-agent-1 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/powerdevil https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/pulseaudio-module-gsettings https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/remote-logon-service https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/rkward https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/seahorse https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/sysprof https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/tomcat9 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/tomcat9-common https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xdg-dbus-proxy-tests https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xdg-desktop-portal https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xdg-desktop-portal-kde https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xdg-desktop-portal-tests 2. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ 3. https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs-3.0.html#usrlibexec https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs-3.0.html#us...

JdeBP 6y ago
Debian generally favours individual subdirectories of /usr/lib instead. /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd rather than /usr/local/libexec/polkitd (in older FreeBSD packages), for example.

kqr 6y ago

Link for the lazy: https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/LSB_5.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/tocexecenv.html https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/LSB_5.0.0/LSB-Core-gene... This seems like a very useful read indeed.